Aprox 2000 years ago, the reason for Christmas began with the hallowed birth of the Savior and Redeemer. The first and best Christmas story ever!!
December 1843, the second most recognized Christmas story found its place in our hearts. And though we certainly know that Dickens' tale is a fine piece of fiction, we all must also admit that each and every time we read about Scrooge and his “enlightening,” we gleen something new that year that we needed to hear and learn. Isnt that the definition of great literature!!??
Just for fun- do you care to guess how many movie versions have been made of The Christmas Carol?:
Almost too many to count!!!
Some have been traditional, like the 1938 Hollywood version with Reginald Owen as Scrooge;
the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge and the 1984 version with George C. Scott taking on the miser role. (this one is My Builders favorite)
Others, like 1988's 'Scrooged' starring Bill Murray, have been based on the book, and there have been multiple cartoon versions (the Disney version featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck is a hoot!) 2009 saw the most sophisticated animated version to date, directed by Robert Zemeckis with Jim Carrey voicing Scrooge. There have also been made-for-television productions, and there's even a musical called 'Scrooge' (thanks to star_gazer for reminding me about it) and 'A Christmas Carol' ballet! In addition, readings of 'A Christmas Carol' are given world-wide to mark the holiday season. Patrick Stewart does a great Scrooge as well.Most agree that the Alastair Sim film version is the best of the lot. See if you can lay your hands on the original black-and-white version rather than the colourized version, to get the full effect. It's also the version that is truest to the book's text.
Other fun trivia:
What word is written across the boy's forehead who was revealed from under the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Present?
Was it;
Death,
Doom,
Hell or
Beware?
What is the last line in the book?
Was it:
*“May that be truly said of us, and all of us!” or
*“And thats the way it was”
*“God bless us, Every One!”
*“Amen!”
What was the first line in the book?
*"Old Marley was as dead as a doornail:"
*“Marley was dead: to begin with”
*“It was a dark and stormy night”
What were the names of the 2 children with the Ghost of Christmas Present?
*Death and Pestilence
*Ignorance and Want
*Poverty and Pallor
*Blasphemy and Greed
God Bless Charles Dickens for this Christmas story!!!
answers: Doom; God bless us, Every One!; Marley was dead: to begin with: Ignorance and want
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